Georg Hund von Wenkheim

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Georg Hund von Wenkheim (* around 1520 in Wenkheim ; † June 17, 1572 in Bad Mergentheim ) was the 40th Grand Master of the Teutonic Order from 1566 to 1572.

life

Georg Hund(t) von Wenkheim comes from the Franconian noble family of Hund von Wenkheim . He appeared as a member of the Teutonic Order from 1544. He originally served in Heilbronn until 1553, when he became Commander of the Chamber in Weissenburg in Alsace , and from 1558 Commander of Frankfurt am Main . Before his election as Grand Master, he was briefly Commander of the Deutschordensballei Franken .

In 1566 at the Reichstag in Augsburg, where the Elector of Saxony also received his enfeoffment, Georg Hund von Wendheim was enfeoffed with Prussia by Emperor Maximilian II (HRR) as grand master and administrator. These two enfeoffments took place outdoors at great expense. Wenkheim was also an adviser to Emperor Maximilian II and in various capacities in the service of the Habsburgs .

In 1570 he was on a diplomatic mission for Archduchess Anna of Austria , who later became the wife of King Philip II of the Habsburg family.

As an advocate of the Counter-Reformation, he made sure within the order that discipline was strengthened in the spirit of the Council of Trent and that Reformation sympathizers were removed. He spent a lot of time expanding Mergentheim Castle, which became the dignified seat of the grand masters. Georg died in Mergentheim and was buried in the Deutschordenskirche there.